WNBA Championship Odds: Can the Indiana Fever Win the WNBA Title?

Ever since she was drafted first overall in the 2024 WNBA Draft, Caitlin Clark has taken the basketball world by storm. She made an immediate impact on the Indiana Fever, leading them to a 20-20 record and first WNBA playoff appearance since 2016. But beyond that, Clark has raised interest in the WNBA and brought millions of young girls to the game of basketball.

Now, Clark is on a quest to bring the WNBA Championship to Indiana in her second full season with the team. Along with her teammates like Sophie Cunningham, Kelsey Mitchell, and Aaliyah Boston, Clark is creating one of the quickest franchise turnarounds in league history. But do the Fever have what it takes to rise to the top of the WNBA? This WNBA Championship betting preview will look at how high a chance the Fever have of winning it all in 2025 and what their current odds are at online betting sites in Canada.

Who is Caitlyn Clark?

If you haven’t heard of Caitlyn Clark by now, you might just be living under a rock. Clark is the “it girl” of the WNBA and has been one of the few players to cross over to pop culture. She gained fame in college when she played for the University of Iowa Hawkeyes, located near where Clark was born in Des Moines, Iowa. With the Hawkeyes, Clark twice won the National Female College Basketball Player of the Year Award and is the NCAA Division I all-time leading scorer.

Sadly, Clark left college without securing an NCAA title for the Hawkeyes, as she lost twice in the NCAA Championship game. Despite this, her legacy as one of, if not the greatest, female NCAA basketball players in history is fully cemented.

In her first season with the Fever, Clark won the WNBA Rookie of the Year Award and made both the WNBA All-Star game and the All-WNBA First Team. She also broke the WNBA rookie scoring record, set a league record in assists, and scored the first triple-double by a rookie in WNBA history.

Recent WNBA Champions

While the Fever are held in high regard because of the roster that includes Clark and other star players, the team has not won a WNBA Title since 2012 and has not been to the finals since 2015. Clark and company are looking to change that this year, and currently sit fourth on the BetVictor Canada sportsbook WNBA Outright Winner odds board.

Here is a list of the WNBA Championship-winning teams over the past decade of action:

Who Will Win the WNBA Championship in 2025?

As it stands at the WNBA All-Star break, the Indiana Fever currently sit with the seventh-best record out of the thirteen teams in the league. Clark and the Fever are an even 12-12 and sit 8.5 games behind the WNBA-leading Minnesota Lynx. Despite this, the Fever sit with he fourth-highest odds to win the WNBA title at most Canadian sports betting sites. Indiana is behind the New York Liberty (16-6), Minnesota Lynx (21-4), and Phoenix Mercury (15-8).

The Fever would likely have a better record this season, but Clark has been injured for eleven of the team’s 24 games. It’s hard to get a good gauge of how good this team is without Clark in the lineup. On the one hand, they’ve lost three of their four matchups against the New York Liberty this season, and Clark played in the one victory and one of the losses. She missed the other two losses before the All-Star break.

On the other hand, the Fever defeated the top-ranked Minnesota Lynx in the midseason Commissioner’s Cup tournament. They did so without Clark in the lineup as well, winning the game handily by a score of 74-59.

As of the WNBA All-Star break, the Minnesota Lynx have to be considered the favourites to win the WNBA Championship. They sit atop the standings with a league-best 21-4 record, boasting a perfect 13-0 home court record.

The defending champion New York Liberty also has to be considered a favourite. While their record is slightly behind the Lynx at 16-6, the Liberty are the betting favourites to win the title at BetVictor’s WNBA outrights sports betting oddsboard at +140. Here is a list of the rest of the teams and their current title odds:

Can the Indiana Fever Win the WNBA Title in 2025?

The Fever have everything you would want when betting on a team with lower odds to win the title. In Clark, they arguably have the best player in the league. Her supporting cast is also strong, and forms one of the best backcourts in the league with Kelsey Mitchell. Up front, second-year player Aaliyah Boston is averaging nearly a double-double per game.

Fan-favourite and social media star Sophie Cunningham has been great off the bench, providing offence and energy, while also providing some muscle for backing up Caitlyn Clark.

The Fever will go as far as Clark can take them. The physicality of the WNBA could be wearing on Clark as she has suffered a couple of different injuries this year. She continues to nurse a groin injury that will have her sidelined after the WNBA All-Star break as well.

If Clark can return to full health by the playoffs, the Fever could be an intriguing bet at +800 to win the WNBA title. But if Clark continues to miss time, the Fever are in danger of missing the playoffs altogether, which would make this WNBA title longshot a complete bust.

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